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Bill to Ban Private Equity from Owning Medical Practices

509 points · 384 comments · paimapi

  1. Gustomaximus · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel it would be good to bring in (or back) compulsory partnership structures for key professional businesses like GPs, dentists, pharmacies, vets and accountants.

    The PE buy-up of these core local businesses isn't great for society generally, service delivery and the existence of a middle class.

    The other thing I feel gov should do is force a separation of distributors and point of sale, with rules that allow smaller business to buy at the same pricing as larger.

    People seem to forget a key requirement of capitalism is for government to create a level playing field for business. I cant see a better way to do this, and I suspect it would be very beneficial to the bulk of society if gov made some changes down this line.

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